diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index f599e28..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4b07005..b1e5bdf 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  Fabian Greffrath <fabian@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 4.1.0
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 10~)
+ debhelper-compat (= 10)
 Homepage: http://www.audiocoding.com/
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/multimedia-team/faad2.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/multimedia-team/faad2